I record basketball games using a Panasonic HDC TM55K camcorder on the highest AVCHD setting. The video results using PD is great. Sometimes I have to down convert the video to DVD quality so I can post it online so others can download it. Recently another person recorded the same game using a professional video camera and posted it online. The website we post to requires that both of us submit the video in DVD quality resolution to be accepted. For some reason, my video looks grainy compared to the video submitted by the other person even though they were in the same format and resolution. What are some of the possible reasons for this difference in quality? I’m wondering if it is a result of the down conversion software in PD.

Robert